The Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa said a recent assessment it carried out showed that corruption by the Zimbabwe Republic Police was worsening.
The report revealed that police officers between Plumtree and Bulawayo were more corrupt than their colleagues between Bulawayo and Kwekwe as they received bribes at six out of the seven checkpoints – a prevalence rate of 85.7%.
Alouis Munyaradzi Chaumba, the ACTA coordinator, encouraged the responsible authorities to take appropriate action against the culprits.
“The fact that the prevalence of corruption on Zimbabwean roads is high and takes place publicly should make it easy for either the ZRP management or the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission to lay traps and catch the culprits red-handed,” he said.
“Failure to nip the problem in the bud is a manifestation of a lack of political will to fight the problem head-on.” He also urged motorists and members of the public to take video footages using their phones and cameras in order to name and shame the culprits.
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